Ella Fitzgerald / The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 2LP Set - Sounds Amazing
$
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$ 16
Sold For
Dec 30, 2019
Sold Date
Dec 12, 2019
Start Date
1
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USA
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Description
From my personal collection, this is a copy of the 1980 Verve reissue of Ella Fitzgerald's classic 1957 recordings of the Duke Ellington Songbook. Ella Fitzgerald is accompanied by the superb Duke Ellington on piano and the Duke Ellington Orchestra. This two-record gatefold album, Verve catalog No. VE-2-2535, sounds absolutely terrific, thanks to my meticulous two-step cleaning process.
These LPs began with nice, shiny vinyl. This was enhanced by cleaning on a VPI 16.5 record cleaning machine, and then deep-cleaning on an ultrasonic record cleaning system to reduce the amount of groove noise to extremely low levels.
Cleaning a record on a vacuum record cleaning machine such as the VPI 16.5 will remove airborne debris, dirt, fingerprint residue and other environmental contaminants the LP surfaces have accumulated over the years since it was manufactured. You can hear an immediate improvement.
The ultrasonic cleaning goes even further, removing oils, microscopic bits of dirt and even pressing lubricants from the disc mastering process that may be trapped deep within the grooves. This is the sort of debris and junk that other record cleaning systems often fail to remove. Following the ultrasonic cleaning, the LP surfaces will be quieter, perhaps quieter than most other records in your collection.
Ultrasonic cleaning of a vinyl record, especially a near mint copy such as this, removes a lot of grunge and debris from deep in the record grooves, often resulting in cleaner sound, less distortion, blacker backgrounds between notes, quieter vinyl surfaces and a lower noise floor. With proper care (maybe a light dusting with an Audioquest record brush) and really excellent playback gear, you will often hear details you never noticed before.
This two-record set will ship in a new record mailer, with audiophile-style inner sleeves and a protective outer sleeve. This item ships to U.S. addresses only. Thanks for reading this far, and good luck bidding!
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